IES 2017

Iowa Equating Summit 2017

Chairs: Alina A. von Davier (ACTNext) and Won-Chan Lee (CASMA, UI)

Hosts: ACT and the University of Iowa

Date: September 13th, 2017, 8:30—5:00

Location: ACT Campus, Lower Ferguson Conference Room

Iowa City, home to the University of Iowa (UI), Pearson and ACT, is an influential hub for psychometric research, particularly with respect to psychometrics supporting assessment. The UI has a long and rich tradition of being at the forefront in the development of assessment principles and supporting assessment research, and houses both the Center for Advanced Studies in Measurement and Assessment (CASMA), and Iowa Testing Programs. Similarly, both ACT and Pearson are recognized as global leaders in testing and assessment, with products and tests that are firmly grounded in research and supported by empirical studies. Continuing that tradition, ACT recently added a new unit, ACTNext, further enhancing its expertise in psychometric research and technology.

The goal of this summit is to emphasize the power of the local scientific community and to underscore Iowa City’s continued development as a research hub for psychometrics in assessments. The summit focus is on test comparability, including equating and linking, as test comparability is one of the core activities in educational assessment and an area where the local psychometric community excels.

Speakers include experts from the Iowa City community and beyond.

ACT (Co-Host)

Alina A. von Davier (ACTNext)

Gunter Maris (ACTNext)

Zhongmin Cui (ACT)

Wim van der Linden (ACT)

Yi-Fang Wu (ACT)

University of Iowa (Co-Host)

Won-Chan Lee (CASMA, UI)

Robert Brennan (CASMA, UI)

Michael Kolen (UI)

Guests

Yigal Attali (Educational Testing Service)

Jorge Gonzalez (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)

Rob Kirkpatrick (Pearson)

Marie Wiberg (Umeå University, Sweden)

The summit and poster session are open to the public; students are especially encouraged to participate. We will select a limited number of poster presenters. If you would like to be considered, submit your poster abstract (250 word limit) between June 15th and August 31st, 2017. Poster abstracts should be sent to Alina A. von Davier and Won-Chan Lee. Finalists will be notified September 5th. The summit program and abstracts will be posted online September 10th. Registration for the Iowa Equating Summit is not required, but if you plan to attend please let us know by sending an RSVP to actnext@act.org with IES in the subject line by September 5th.